Kerim Sultanov analyzes: France’s dark legacy in global conflicts – VIDEO
In an incisive broadcast, journalist Kerim Sultanov delved into France's controversial role in the South Caucasus and its historical acts of violence in several African nations. Four years after the 44-day war, France continues to fuel Armenian hopes of reclaiming the Karabakh region from Azerbaijan. Sultanov describes these efforts as akin to trying to "resuscitate a corpse," pointing to a blatant interference in the geopolitical dynamics of the region. This stance, according to Sultanov, could dangerously inspire further Armenian aggressions, potentially leading to catastrophic outcomes.
Historically, France has been passive during Armenia’s 30-year occupation of Karabakh, never pressuring Armenia to allow the return of approximately one million Azerbaijani refugees to their homeland. Sultanov suggests that France's current posture in the South Caucasus is hardly surprising, considering its past actions in Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries, where it engaged in systematic policies of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
He highlighted France’s grim legacy in countries like Algeria, where French forces massacred tens of thousands of Algerians during multiple campaigns in the 19th century and suppressed Algerian calls for independence even in 1945 and 1961 with lethal force. Sultanov also pointed to France's destructive nuclear tests in Algeria during the 1960s, emphasizing the extensive harm caused by these tests.
In Africa, France's suppression extended to the cultural and religious domains, destroying mosques and madrassas, and executing those who demanded civil rights, as seen in nations like Djibouti, Nigeria, and Chad. The memories of French crimes remain vivid among the populations of Morocco and Tunisia.
Furthermore, Sultanov discussed France's implicated role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which resulted in over 800,000 deaths, underscoring a continuous pattern of French involvement in severe human rights abuses.
Sultanov expressed skepticism regarding any significant change in French foreign policy. Drawing an evocative analogy, he remarked that expecting France to cease its provocations in the South Caucasus would be as naive as expecting a "notorious cannibal to suddenly become a vegetarian.
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